This has been driving me insane for several weeks. I turn the machine on, and (after a really long time of it launching lots of things) I get the I-have-successfully-launched sounds, and then immediately after that the sound completely stops working.
When the machine is still launching stuff...
Ok so here is my problem, my sound hasn't been working for a few weeks now. If if try to play a test tone from the control panel i get a message that says "failed to play test tone." However when i first turn on my laptop it plays the startup sound so i know it isn't a hardware issue.
Here are...
this appears to be working but there is no sound. i get the message "failed to play test tone" when i click test in playback devices. I've been to countless forums and have found that many have had similar issues with various audio cards but i haven't found a fix for soundmax. windows update...